Revise/Edit
You should read the sentence before and after the sentence in question. This includes correcting grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
What is editing?
You should look at these things before reading the passage (there are three possible answers).
What are the title, visuals, and questions?
The sentence that tells the reader what your essay is going to be about.
Uses words or phrases from the prompt.
Usually placed in the first paragraph.
What is thesis?
Assuming you know how to spell words correctly so you choose the wrong answer because you did not use a __________.
What is dictionary?
Putting all of the passage's information in two or three sentences including something from the beginning, middle, and end.
What is summary?
You must read and annotate the passage. This includes combining sentences, deleting extraneous information, replacing sentences, adding sentences, and checking for clarity.
What is revising?
When given two passages, make sure you know if the question is asking how they are ______ or how they are ____________.
What is the similar or different?
This includes your example or reasoning with details.
What is the body paragraph?
When writing your essay, you just respond on the 26 lined paper without doing any _________.
What is prewriting (brainstorming, draft, etc)?
The way the author is expresses their attitude through about a topic by using syntax, point of view, diction, etc.
What is tone?
Answering the question before looking at the answers.
Crossing out answers that you know are completely wrong.
Looking at the questions first.
These are considered __________________.
What are strategies?
This ties your example back to your thesis and gives the reader a lasting thought.
What is the power sentence?
The distractor is answer choice A and you picked it, but the correct answer is D. You got this wrong because you did not ______________.
What is read all of the answer choices?
The reason for writing something a certain way: inform, persuade, explain, entertain, etc.
What is author's purpose?
Writing a brief description or summary of what is happening in each paragraph or every few paragraphs to help you remember the story and answer the questions.
What is annotate?
What is the first thing you need to find on the STAAR writing page? The only part that is important.
What is the prompt?
When the question refers to a paragraph or a sentence in the story, but you get it wrong because you did not _______________________.
What is looking back in the passage?
The reader must make an educated guess based on textual evidence and background knowledge.
What is infer?